{"id":453,"date":"2018-09-02T23:59:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T23:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=453"},"modified":"2023-05-16T12:08:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T12:08:17","slug":"dandy-jim-from-caroline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dandy-jim-from-caroline\/","title":{"rendered":"Dandy Jim from Caroline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: These lyrics contain the N-word. This song is presented here in its original form as part of music history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">arranged by Charles Reps, 1843<br>published by C. G. Christman, New York<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dandy-Jim-from-Caroline.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Dandy Jim from Caroline - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8365c967-a357-493d-ae5a-fd333906aff6\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dandy-Jim-from-Caroline.pdf\">Dandy Jim from Caroline &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dandy-Jim-from-Caroline.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8365c967-a357-493d-ae5a-fd333906aff6\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f0f17ee4-f765-4489-b6b2-e125b7341773\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dandy-Jim-from-Caroline.mid\">Dandy Jim from Caroline &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dandy-Jim-from-Caroline.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f0f17ee4-f765-4489-b6b2-e125b7341773\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. I&#8217;ve often heard it said of late<br>Dat Souf Carolina was de state<br>Whar a handsome nigga&#8217;s bound to shine<br>Like Dandy Jim, from Caroline<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>For my ole massa tole me so<br>I was de best looking nigga in de country, O<br>I look in de glass an found t&#8217;was so<br>Just what massa tole me, O<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. I drest myself from top to toe<br>And down to Dinah I did go<br>Wid pantaloons strapped down behind<br>Like Dandy Jim from Caroline<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. De bull dog cleared me out ob de yard<br>I tought I&#8217;d better leabe my card<br>I tied it fast to a piece ob twine<br>Signed &#8220;Dandy Jim from Caroline&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. She got my card an wrote me a letter<br>An ebery word she spelt de better<br>For ebery word an ebery line<br>Was Dandy Jim from Caroline<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Oh, beauty is but skin deep<br>But wid Miss Dinah none complete<br>She changed her name from lubly Dine<br>To Mrs. Dandy Jim from Caroline<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. An every little nig she had<br>Was de berry image ob de dad<br>Dar heels stick out three feet behind<br>Like Dandy Jim from Caroline<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7. I took dem all to church one day<br>An hab dem christened widout delay<br>De preacher christened eight or nine<br>Young Dandy Jim from Caroline<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8. An when de preacher took his text<br>He seemed to be berry much perplexed<br>For nothing cum across his mind<br>But Dandy Jim from Caroline<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dandy-Jim-From-Caroline.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: These lyrics contain the N-word. This song is presented here in its original form as part of music history.] arranged by Charles Reps, 1843published by C. G. Christman, New York The sheet music:\u00a0 Accompaniment:\u00a0 Lyrics 1. I&#8217;ve often heard it said of lateDat Souf Carolina was de stateWhar a handsome nigga&#8217;s bound to shineLike &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/dandy-jim-from-caroline\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dandy Jim from Caroline&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-453","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-7j","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3901,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/453\/revisions\/3901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}